,000. she was later appointed secretary of commerce. in 2008, fund-raiser steve spinner also raised $500,000. he pushed for a loan for the now bankrupt solyndra company, a loan never repaid. when we found spinner being honored again in charlotte, he went out an exit. the democrat party official block our cameras and followed. yet another fund-raiser here this week, chicago stockbroker, raj fernando was named to the advisory board but resigned shortly after abc news asked about his qualifications to be on the board. it was not something fernando wanted to talk about this week. >> this is abc news -- >> reporter: and we were ordered to stop asking questions of fernando, leave the hotel or face arrest. >> you'll be arrested. >> reporter: i'll be arrested for asking questions of this man? the democrats like to say they're different than republicans, more open about the money, but in fact, like the republican, democrats continue to keep secret the names of some of our biggest donors to outside advocacy groups, the head of those of super funds tells me he does just as karl rove does. >> and yo
